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File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan' [‎26v] (59/490)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1915-21 Nov 1915. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Telegram P., No. 214, dated (and received) the 24th October 1915.
From Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Ducat, His Britannic Majesty s Consul, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Germans. Please see my telegram of yesterday. Last night ten sowars
with fifteen mules left for Yezd.
Repeated to Tehran and Bushire.
110
Telegram P., No. 7 F., dated (and received) the 24th October 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and Agent to the Government of
India in Kborasan, Meshed,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Please see my telegram of 20th October, 6 F.
Karguzar has not started yet and he says that until the next party of
Austrian prisoners arrive he cannot leave Meshed. He was to have left on
Sunday morning. I understand that be made a representation to his Govern
ment to the effect that the awkward secret might leak out if he left immediate
ly and on the evening of the 22nd instant he received a telegram. I am not
aware of its contents hut in all probability it authorised him to remain. The
Governor-General has received a cypher telegram from the Admiralty (Minister
for Foreign Affairs ?) through the Karguzar in which he is directed to report the
number of prisoners of war belonging to Austria waiting on the frontier for
guides and the number which have already arrived at villages in Persia. He
has also been directed to assist in sending them to Tehran secretly. The
Governor-General was told by Karguzar that he had already made a report on
this matter but gave him advice to send a supplementary report.
We are trying our utmost to guard the roads which lead to Meshed.
Addressed to Tehran.
Ill
Telegram B,., No. 666 C., dated (and received) the 24th October 1915.
From Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. °
Following from His Majesty’s Representative, Shiraz, 68, October 23rd
begins. Please repeat following to Government of India and Cox. No. 68:
Zw l i S ao .Tnn eXp ® ndlture incur red by me up to date is 133,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , of
which J3,000 were drawn on Bushire and 40,000 on Tehran. I have already
f X ?if lr l e , . ln telegrams 353 and 378 to Minister repeated to you how
fnrti ° 18 8 k as . keen expended and since despatch of those telegrams
Snnlpf fn Xpendlt f U ^ has been lu ? urred in payment of Kashgai sowars sent by
his opncn* S i UpP r r a^am lu maintenance of order at Shiraz and in pursuance of
Cmwni r 1C ^’« ^ mention that Soulet has informed me that German
Mukhbir 8 ?^ if ’ ° er ^ d k im °^^k0 pounds to support Germans and to keep
Kawam ion nnnf* aS a reat ^y reported German Consul here offered
expenSturP 8 v! U return for similar services - ^s regards future
P iture this may he considered under two heads, firstly, expenditure

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The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan from Persia, and of ensuring the continued neutrality of both Afghanistan and Persia.

The primary correspondents are the British Legation, Tehran; the British Embassy, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.

The volume contains a single folio in French (f 184), a communication from the Russian Ambassador in London.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (238 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 238; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

A previous foliation sequence between ff 121-127, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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